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Chapter 1843 1844 A mountain of planes

In addition to these transport planes, old fighter jets also accounted for a large portion of the captured items: the Dwarf region produced a large number of Yak and MiG propeller fighter jets.

These aircraft were completely obsolete, but there was no time to destroy them, so they were used in large numbers as ground attack aircraft.

Because of their huge number, these aircraft can be seen at almost every airport. In addition to them, the Ice Empire Air Force also has some I-16 fighter jets, which are older and in poor overall condition.

The elves' side is interesting, many Tang Empire ground crew members can find a very familiar feeling here: they can see Butcher fighters here, which were also aircraft that the Tang Empire once equipped.

There are also a large number of these aircraft, and because of their outdated technology, they rarely participate in wars. Most of them are deployed in the southern region, so they have been retained.

The Susas Empire had previously purchased French fighter technology from the Tang Empire and produced the 451 bomber, with a total of more than 800. Due to their extremely backward performance, these bombers were never deployed in the mainland, and because they surrendered quickly, they were all handed over to the Tang Empire.

In addition, Susas also had the French fighter 406, which was actually at the early stage of World War II and should have been eliminated long ago. The Tang army captured a large number of this type of aircraft, which increased the number of their aircraft captured to an exaggerated level.

Including the various types of aircraft at Bunas Airport, the Tang army seized a total of more than 8000 propeller aircraft, which sounds quite spectacular.

On the other hand, even if the coalition forces were reluctant to use some good stuff, in the eyes of the military technicians of the Tang Empire, it was actually not worth studying.

For example, those Divine Light missiles that simply amplify Scud missiles... The Dorne Empire thinks they are its secret weapons, but in fact they are just alien versions of the "Hussein" missiles.

This thing has no technical innovation at all, it just has a little deterrent effect. As the Tang army continued to attack, that pitiful deterrent effect almost disappeared.

  How much strategic value can a thing that is launched unexpectedly and threatens a fixed target the size of a city and causes at most some civilian casualties have?

If the front lines of both sides were maintained in a fixed area, the accumulation of small forces might allow the cities near the border to worry about losses; the current situation is that the Tang army is constantly attacking, and many cities have only been attacked once or twice, which is not a big deal at all.

Moreover, the Tang Empire also has targeted air defense weapons. Important cities will deploy the latest air defense missiles that have just been equipped to the troops for interception... The probability of the Shenguan missile hitting an important target is really very low.

This time in the battle in the Bunas area, because the Dorne Empire was unprepared and deployed too slowly, it had no time to launch the Shenguan missiles to cause trouble for the Tang army.

  The jet fighters that the coalition forces thought were advanced were actually just garbage in the eyes of the Tang army: Sabers? How could something like a saber be so advanced?

What's more, the Sabre fighters on the coalition side are not the most backward. They also have the ME-262 fighters of World War II level.

Although the ME-262 fighter can only perform ground attack missions at this time, it is still equipped in large quantities within the coalition forces.

Both Dorn and the Poplar Empire produced a certain number of ME-262 aircraft and made some modifications to the aircraft.

The more interesting 262 improved version produced by the Yangmu Empire has the cannon on the nose removed and a radar with a Yagi antenna installed, which has been converted into a night fighter for night air defense. The actual combat effect of this aircraft is very poor, because the combat effectiveness of the aircraft dispatched by the Tang Empire at night is several levels higher than that of the 262 fighter. Basically, this night combat type of 262 will be shot down as soon as it takes off to participate in the battle.

In addition to this type, there are also modified large-caliber machine guns for ground attacks, which are inspired by the Stuka ground-attack machine previously equipped by the Tang Empire.

Unfortunately, no matter how it was improved, the potential of 262 was limited. Facing the advanced air force of the Tang Empire, it was simply vulnerable.

The Dorne Empire's aviation technology foundation is relatively poor, and their diplomatic relations with the Tang Empire have always been tense, so they can only purchase technology from the Xirik Consortium.

Therefore, the Dorne Empire's Air Force can only treasure the 262, which is only considered a second-tier aircraft on the Allied side.

In fact, because their own technology was not mature enough, they could not even perform proper modifications and could only honestly produce the original Type 262 fighter jets, and then carry bombs and rockets to use them as ground attack aircraft.

As we all know, the 262 jet fighter is not actually very suitable for ground attack, so this ground attack model is actually not very useful.

It was often shot down by the Tang Empire's shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles, and in many cases it was shot down by Tang aircraft... In short, it did not have many achievements, but the losses were quite large.

Under such circumstances, when the war reached the late stage of the Ice Empire Campaign, the coalition forces rarely used 262 ground attack aircraft. A large number of such aircraft that were stockpiled were also captured and became spoils of war for the Tang Empire.

However, many of these planes were parked at the airport and were destroyed by the Tang army's air raids. Some of them were paralyzed due to lack of maintenance for a long time... In short, there were only a few that could be used.

Perhaps the greatest use of these things for the Tang Empire is to put them in museums so that future generations can remember certain things.

In addition to fighters like the 262, there are also some of the Tang Empire's top export products: for example, the J-1 modified, the Mirage 104, the F- star...

Although they are all antiques, they are the latest aircraft that the coalition forces can show off. This type of aircraft is rare because of its preciousness, and even if it is captured, it has suffered varying degrees of damage.

After all, these are the best weapons and equipment in the hands of others, so the management is relatively strict. The pilots who fly this kind of aircraft are also of higher quality. Before retreating or surrendering, they will strictly follow the destruction procedures, using grenades and the like to destroy the aircraft's engine and cockpit.

Although this practice seems quite ridiculous in the eyes of the Tang Empire, it is a formal requirement within the air forces of several empires after all, so it is not surprising.

The Tang Empire would definitely destroy these scrapped jet aircraft directly. There was no point in keeping them. They could only pick up some good ones and send them to museums for future generations to admire.

In comparison, the navies of these countries seem less respectable.